Electric-lamp holder.



S. BLI'REIBERG. ELECTRIC LAMP HOLDER. APPLIOA'TIONI'ILED FEB. 21 1910.

990,856. PatentedMay2,1 911.

Witnes: glnvent or Wt. S.

Attorney STANLEY B. FREIBERG, CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ELECTRIC-LAM]? HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1911.

Application filed February 21, 1910. Serial No. 545,047.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, STANLEY B. FREIBERG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Avondale, Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric-Lamp Holders,of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in electric lamp holders of thatclass designed for portable attachments of incandescent lamps forfurniture, etc., and the invention will be readily understood from thefollowing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawingin which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lamp holder exemplifying myinvention: Fig. 2 a plan of the blank from which the holder may be made:and Fig. 3 a perspective view of a structure designed to typify varioussituations to which my lamp holder lends itself. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof a modified form of blank from which the holder may be made.

In the drawing:-1, indicates a pair of integrally united jaws formed bysuitably bending a fiat blank: 2, one of the jaws, this jaw having awidth corresponding with the entire width of the holder structure: 3,the opposite jaw, this opposite jaw being doubled or formed of twoseparated members one opposite each side of the first jaw: 4, a liningof cloth or analogous material secured upon the inner surfaces of thejaws to pre vent them from mutilating the furniture: 5, a tongueprojecting outwardly from the heel of jaw 2, this tongue being formed bymaterial bent outwardly from between the two members of jaw 8, tongue 5being so bent that its outer extremity is in the general plane of jaw 3:6, a lamp socket secured in an intermediate portion of tongue 5: 7, alamp held in the socket: 8, a flat blank of which the holder may beformed: 9, the broad end of the blank to form jaw 2: 10, the two narrowmembers at the opposite end of the blank to form the two members of jaw8: 11, that portion of the blank between the narrow members 10, thisportion being that which is to form tongue 5: 12, an aperture in theextremity of the tongue: 13, a piece of furniture of hypotheticaldesign: 14, the vertical portion of this piece of furniture designed totypify a vertical furniture part, the mirror of a dresser for example,to the upper edge of which it may be desired to secure a lamp holder:15, a hori zontal member of the piece of furniture, de signed to typifya fiat furniture surface which is to support the lamp holder, either byhaving the lamp holder set upon it or engaged with its projecting edgeas, for instance, in piano tops or desks: 16, a hook projecting from thevertical furniture part 14 and typifying a suitable hook projecting fromany surface or wall on which it may be desired to hang the lamp holder:17 a lamp holder shown as being merely set loosely upon a horizontalsupporting surface, as when set upon a desk or piano top or the like:18, the lamp holder shown as being secured to a vertical furniture partby engaging over its upper edge: 19, the lamp holder shown as engagingthe front edge of a piece of furniture or other support: and 20, aflexible cord for supplying the lamp with current.

WVhile the holder may be rested upon the horizontal surface or appliedto the vertical or horizontal projecting edges of supports, as has beendescribed, the aperture 12 in the tongue might be engaged with a hook,as hook 16 projecting from the vertical surface. In all these uses ofthe holder it forms a portable holder in the usual sense, but ifdesired, the holder may be secured permanently against a vertical orhorizontal surface by a screw through aperture 12. The lamp socketemployed may obviously have the usual equipment of shade holder andshade or reflector.

The jaws of this structure are not necessarily to be viewed as clampingor gripping agents, for the holder is of such width that it will besufficiently stable if engaged loosely with its support, but at the sametime it is desirable that the material of which the holder is formed beof sufficient resiliency to permit the jaws to engage a support of athickness greater than the distance of their normal opening.

The holder, being formed of a single piece and by a simple punching andbending op eration, is manifestly susceptible of being very economicallymanufactured. One of the main points of merit in the holder resides inits great width by reason of which the sides of the holder, where theyengage the support, are so far separated as to prevent tippingdisplacement, even in the absence of any gripping action, and thisperformance of the holder, and the engagement of the support by sideextremities much separated from each other may relieve the intermediateportions of the holder of supporting duty in connection with thesupport. Indeed, if special economy of material be desired the holdermight be a skeleton comprising the outwardly separated side extremitiesof the jaws in conjunction with the intermediate tongue. For instance,in Fig. 2 the members 10 have very considerable width, but it ismanifest that their inner portions may be cut away so as to leave verynarrow or wire-like side extremities. -And so, also, with the portion 9,for its side extremities may be retained as members of a mere skeletonstructure. The blank may be of metal, fiber or other suitable material.

I claim 1. An electric lamp holder comprising, a pair of integrallyunited jaws of a width in excess of the distance between the jaws, and atongue projecting outwardly from the heel of one of the jaws andprovided with means to be engaged by an electric lamp, combinedsubstantially as set forth.

2. An electric lamp holder comprising, a pair of integrally united jawsof a width in excess of the distance between the jaws and a tongueprojecting outwardly from the heel of one of the jaws and provided withmeans to be engaged by an electric lamp, and said tongue projectingoutwardly beyond the lamp and being provided in its extremity with anaperture, combined substantially as set forth.

3. An electric lamp holder comprising, a pair of integrally united jawsof a width in excess of the distance between the jaws, a

tongue projecting outwardly from the heel of one of the jaws andprovided with means to be engaged by an electric lamp, and said tonguebeing so bent as to bring its outer extremity into the general plane ofthe opposite jaw, combined substantially as set forth.

4:. An electric lamp holder comprising, a pair of integrally united jawsof a width in excess of the distance between the jaws, and a tongueprojecting outwardly from the center of width of the heel of one of thejaws and provided with means to be engaged by an electric lamp, combinedsubstantially as set forth.

5. An electric lamp holder comprising, a pair of integrally united widejaws, the side portions of the material forming one jaw being bent toform separated side members for the opposite jaw, and a tongue formed byan outward projection of the material at the heel of the first jawbetween the bent portions forming the second jaw, combined substantiallyas set forth.

6. An electric lamp holder, comprising, a pair of jaws for gripping anarticle of furniture or other object, said jaws being comparatively wideto give lateral stability to said holder when resting on a flat surface,and a tongue projecting from the heel of one of the jaws having itsextremity lying in the general plane of the opposite jaw, said tonguebeing provided with means to i be engaged by an electric lamp.

STANLEY B. FREIBERG. Vitnesses:

E. W. MoGALLis'rEn,

V. THORNTON Boonn'r.

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